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Category: Ancient Near East

Cyanotype print, one wall of the Tachara of Darius
July 23, 2021July 14, 2021

This Day in Freer History: July 23, 1879

Three figures of musicians depicted in metalwork from the Sasanian period
March 17, 2021March 16, 2021

Nowruz, Courts, and Music

Ancient Near East, celebrations, equinox, music, Nowruz, Persian, spring
September 1, 2020September 2, 2020

Zooming in on the Shapur Plate

Close looking, Online Tours, tours
Decorated ewer showing a woman wearing a garment
April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

Ladies of the East: Representation of Women on Sasanian Ewers

Ewer, female figures, Sasanian period, silver
October 2, 2019March 25, 2020

Meeting our Mentors

Teen Council
carved stone figure of a female
August 17, 2018March 25, 2020

Ancient women speak out – today!

May 3, 2016March 25, 2020

Gardens of Pasargadae

gardens
March 28, 2016March 25, 2020

Prints Fit for a Dig

Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
March 23, 2016March 25, 2020

A Man and His Dog . . . and His Boar

Ernst Herzfeld
March 9, 2016March 25, 2020

Remembering A Memorial

Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
February 17, 2016March 25, 2020

NYFW: Accessories through the Ages

F1907.380, F1907.690, F1911.453, F1957.3, F1990.3a-b, fashion, jewelry, New York Fashion Week, S2001.2
February 12, 2016March 25, 2020

Heart of an Empire: Herzfeld’s Discovery of Pasargadae

Achaemenid period, Ernst Herzfeld, Pasargadae
January 14, 2016March 25, 2020

Powerballs

Egypt
November 20, 2015March 25, 2020

A Testament to Love: Palmyra in the North of England

F1908.236, Haliphat, Palmyra
August 14, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Funerary Bust of “Miriam”

Friday Fave, S2013.2.139
May 8, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Fragment of a Glass Beaker

digitization, Egypt, F1909.604, Friday Fave
February 6, 2015March 25, 2020

Friday Fave: Wine Horn

digitization, Friday Fave, S1987.33, Sasanian period
June 16, 2014March 25, 2020

World Cup!

S1987.147, sports
December 5, 2013March 25, 2020

In the Swim: Dolphins in Ancient Egypt

Charles Lang Freer, Ernst Herzfeld, F1909.855, FSA A.6 04.GN.3241
April 15, 2013March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks: Archaeologists Between Digs

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan
March 8, 2013March 25, 2020

Stars above Pasargadae: Ernst Herzfeld and the Legacies of Cyrus

Cyrus Cylinder, Ernst Herzfeld, Iran
March 1, 2013March 25, 2020

Cyrus in Times Square

Cyrus Cylinder
November 8, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks: Iron and Bronze

archaeology, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
October 22, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Magneto and Magnetina

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
Two white horses in motion, brown horses behind, milling about.
October 9, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: At a Galloping Pace

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
September 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Going for the Bronze

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
White parachute tented on poles over people digging.
September 14, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: The Parachute Edition

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
August 28, 2012March 25, 2020

Traveling the “Roads of Arabia”

Roads of Arabia: Archaeology and History of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saudi Arabia
August 21, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Everyday Life in the Iron Age

Claudia Chang, Iron Age, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan, Tuzusai
People digging in large square hole.
August 15, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads and Networks in the Field: Introducing Tuzusai

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
August 6, 2012March 25, 2020

Nomads, Networks, and Bloggers: Live from Kazakhstan

archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
July 23, 2012March 25, 2020

Encounters with the Golden Deer: Kazakhstan 101

Alexander Nagel, archaeology, Claudia Chang, Kazakhstan, Nomads and Networks: The Ancient Art and Culture of Kazakhstan
Alex Nagel at the Smithsonian Congress of Scholars tent, Folklife Festival, July 2, 2012
July 10, 2012March 25, 2020

A Colorful Past

Alexander Nagel, Folklife Festival
March 16, 2012March 25, 2020

The Politics of Beauty

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